Start-up Zone at glasstec 2024
Stepping Stone For Innovators In Glass Industry Leading international trade fair for the glass industry will open its doors to innovative start-ups at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre from Oct 22-25, 2024.
Stepping Stone For Innovators In Glass Industry
Leading international trade fair for the glass industry will open its doors to innovative start-ups at the Düsseldorf Exhibition Centre from Oct 22-25, 2024.
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Event<br />
START-UP ZONE <strong>at</strong> <strong>glasstec</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
<strong>Start</strong>-<strong>up</strong> <strong>Zone</strong> <strong>at</strong><br />
<strong>glasstec</strong> <strong>2024</strong><br />
Stepping Stone For Innov<strong>at</strong>ors In Glass Industry<br />
Leading intern<strong>at</strong>ional trade fair for the glass industry will<br />
open its doors to innov<strong>at</strong>ive start-<strong>up</strong>s <strong>at</strong> the Düsseldorf<br />
Exhibition Centre from Oct 22-25, <strong>2024</strong>.<br />
The year 2022 saw 928 exhibitors<br />
from 47 countries and 29,278<br />
visitors from 121 countries<br />
getting together <strong>at</strong> <strong>glasstec</strong>. This<br />
means <strong>glasstec</strong> also provides young<br />
intern<strong>at</strong>ional companies with a unique<br />
pl<strong>at</strong>form to showcase their ideas to a<br />
high-calibre trade audience from the<br />
world of glass.<br />
The ‘<strong>Start</strong>-<strong>up</strong> <strong>Zone</strong>’ <strong>at</strong> <strong>glasstec</strong> is a<br />
specifically designed area th<strong>at</strong> targets<br />
<strong>up</strong>-and-coming and innov<strong>at</strong>ive firms.<br />
This pl<strong>at</strong>form offers a one-of-a-kind<br />
opportunity to network with leading<br />
figures from the glass sector as well as<br />
experts from business, research and<br />
politics.<br />
The hallmarks of <strong>glasstec</strong> include<br />
its participants’ high propensity to<br />
invest and the high percentage of<br />
decision-makers. This is the chance<br />
for start-<strong>up</strong>s to present themselves<br />
intern<strong>at</strong>ionally, make valuable<br />
contacts and leverage networking and<br />
investment opportunities.<br />
Jürgen Huber, Managing Director<br />
of start-<strong>up</strong> BISS.ID GmbH, an<br />
innov<strong>at</strong>ive, digital pl<strong>at</strong>form for the<br />
construction industry, looks to the<br />
forthcoming <strong>glasstec</strong> with high<br />
expect<strong>at</strong>ions: “We look forward to<br />
particip<strong>at</strong>ing in <strong>glasstec</strong> in Düsseldorf<br />
Mr. Jürgen Huber, CEO of BISS.ID GmbH<br />
again to be able to present our digital<br />
solutions built for glass s<strong>up</strong>plies from<br />
producers to customers and back.”<br />
“For us as a young company<br />
the ‘<strong>Start</strong>-<strong>up</strong> <strong>Zone</strong>’ provides an<br />
outstanding pl<strong>at</strong>form for making<br />
contacts and having quality<br />
convers<strong>at</strong>ions. As early as 2022 we<br />
already used the opportunity and<br />
were more than thrilled with the<br />
high-potential visitors as well as the<br />
intern<strong>at</strong>ional flair of the trade fair,”<br />
Huber said<br />
For EUR 4,500, the ‘<strong>Start</strong><strong>up</strong><br />
<strong>Zone</strong>’ offers its exhibitors an<br />
extensive service package in addition<br />
to the exhibition space. It includes<br />
integr<strong>at</strong>ion in the communic<strong>at</strong>ion and<br />
marketing activities for the ‘<strong>Start</strong>-<strong>up</strong><br />
<strong>Zone</strong>’, which means communic<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
with the trade press as well as<br />
promotion of the ‘<strong>Start</strong>-<strong>up</strong> <strong>Zone</strong>’ on<br />
the <strong>glasstec</strong> website and in dedic<strong>at</strong>ed<br />
visitor mailings, for example.<br />
In addition, the service package<br />
includes an area for showcasing the<br />
exhibits, admission ticket vouchers,<br />
power s<strong>up</strong>ply and web access.<br />
About the company<br />
World’s leading trade fair <strong>glasstec</strong><br />
presents a wide range of products and<br />
solutions for the entire glass value<br />
chain, including glass machinery<br />
production, glass manufacturing and<br />
the glazier trade.<br />
It stands out with an extensive line<strong>up</strong><br />
of side events with intern<strong>at</strong>ional<br />
particip<strong>at</strong>ion th<strong>at</strong> connect science<br />
and practice. In addition, the trade<br />
fair raises current and relevant topics<br />
in the industry such as the circular<br />
economy, digital technologies and<br />
decarbonis<strong>at</strong>ion.<br />
These themes will be addressed in<br />
conferences, forums and meetings,<br />
with leading industry represent<strong>at</strong>ives<br />
presenting new approaches from<br />
research, science and industry.<br />
Interested start-<strong>up</strong>s are now called<br />
<strong>up</strong>on to apply for one of the few spaces<br />
in the ‘<strong>Start</strong>-<strong>up</strong> <strong>Zone</strong>’.<br />
–Angela Meier-Buntenbroich<br />
Email: MeierA@messe-duesseldorf.de<br />
Website: www.<strong>glasstec</strong>.de<br />
Glass Bulletin | January - March, <strong>2024</strong> 89